BEING THERE FOR PEOPLE YOU LOVE
Happy Valentine's Day! Today is a day to show an outpouring of love to those special ones in our lives. Many people send roses and...
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Relationships
Relationships - We have many with family, friends, loved ones ... We juggle to keep them all together.
Vernalee
- 7 days ago
- 2 min
YOUR BUSINESS OR THEIRS
By Vernalee If someone can discover the magic formula that will keep people out of other folks’ business, they would be extremely wealthy...
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Vernalee
- May 27
- 1 min
DON'T LET ANYONE HOLD YOU DOWN
By Vernalee There are always obstacles and deterrents. Roadblocks do exist. Troubles will arise. There have been those who have created...
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Vernalee
- May 22
- 1 min
IS THE GRASS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE?
By Vernalee “The Grass is Always Greener' on the other side of the fence means that a different situation or circumstance always seems...
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Vernalee
- May 20
- 2 min
EXTENDING AN OLIVE BRANCH
By Vernalee To extend an olive branch is to make an “offer of peace or to approach a foe in the spirit of conciliation. Biblical in...
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Vernalee
- May 18
- 1 min
MIND YOUR BUSINESS
By Vernalee Why do people stay involved in other folks’ affairs? Is it boredom, the need to gossip, not enough excitement in their own...
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Vernalee
- May 12
- 2 min
SITTING ON PINS AND NEEDLES
By Vernalee Have you ever been anxiously waiting to hear from someone to get the latest news or results? Have you been so anxious that...
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Vernalee
- Dec 30, 2022
- 3 min
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE FOR LOVE
By Vernalee Let’s change the pace today. Let’s talk about love. To be loved is a desired emotion for most. For sure, “It’s never too late...
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Vernalee
- Dec 20, 2022
- 1 min
SANTA BABY
By Vernalee Have you been naughty or nice? What do you want Santa to bring you? You‘ve heard that phrase many times I'm sure. Well the...
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Vernalee
- Dec 19, 2022
- 1 min
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
By Vernalee As we start the countdown to Christmas, so does our singing of various Christmas themed songs and carols. For those caught up...
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Vernalee
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
ARE YOU ON THE SAME PAGE?
By Vernalee Are you speaking the same language? Are you listening to each other? Is what is being said matches what is being done? Why...
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Vernalee
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
BE ON GUARD
By Vernalee I was always told that “The guard dog never attacks where the master doesn’t know.” Don’t be fooled! The guard dog in some...
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Vernalee
- Dec 7, 2022
- 1 min
DON'T TAKE PEOPLE FOR GRANTED
By Vernalee One of the worst things that you can do is to take someone's kindness for granted. It can be heartbreaking! I learned a long...
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Vernalee
- Nov 29, 2022
- 2 min
HOLDING GRUDGES
.By Vernalee It's been said, "Holding grudges can be just as damaging to the grudge-holder as the person who the grudge is being held...
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Vernalee
- Nov 19, 2022
- 2 min
ARE YOU AND YOUR COMPUTER BEST FRIENDS
By Vernalee Who is your best friend? Brace yourself. Your answer will probably not be as long as the far stretching Mississippi River....
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Vernalee
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
I'M NOT JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS ANYMORE
By Vernalee Listen up! I'm not jumping through hoops anymore ... for anyone who will not do it for me! You heard it right! That's my...
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Vernalee
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE
By Vernalee Has this ever happened to you? Have you for unforeseen reasons been attacked? The blows though unmerited came out of no...
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Vernalee
- Oct 26, 2022
- 1 min
ONE WHO LOVES YOU, WARNS YOU
By Vernalee Yes, it is true that when we love someone, we warn them. We don't want them to walk into danger. The answer lies not in our...
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Vernalee
- Oct 21, 2022
- 1 min
RELATIONSHIPS LEAVE STUFF BEHIND
By Vernalee When we are involved in relationships (personal and professional) , it is serious business! Attachments are formed....
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Vernalee
- Oct 15, 2022
- 2 min
YOU CAN'T BE THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK
By Vernalee I'm sure that you have heard the expression, "The pot calling the kettle black" many times. The phrase originating from times...
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Vernalee
- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
SITTING ON PENS AND NEEDLES
By Vernalee Have you ever been anxiously waiting to hear from someone to get the latest news or results? Have you been so anxious that...
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Vernalee
- Oct 4, 2022
- 1 min
DON'T TAKE PEOPLE FOR GRANTED
By Vernalee Don't take someone's kindness for granted. I learned a long time ago that no one owes me anything! Showing appreciation to...
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Vernalee
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
WHAT PRONOUN DESCRIBES YOUR RELATIONSHIP
By Vernalee It is amazing how a simple pronoun tells what is going on in a relationship! Listen up! Which pronoun will it be – I, us, ...
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Vernalee
- Sep 28, 2022
- 2 min
BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER
By Vernalee I have a question for you. Why do you associate with that group? I’ll tell you why! It’s simple – Birds of the same feather...
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Vernalee
- Sep 24, 2022
- 1 min
FRIENDSHIP 101
By Vernalee For the record, you don’t need to take a class (Friendship 101), to determine who your real friends are. Your heart, love,...
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Vernalee
- Sep 23, 2022
- 2 min
BE THE FRIEND YOU WANT TO HAVE
By Vernalee FRIENDSHIP. The subject is timeless; it never grows old. So let’s examine our wish list. First things first. It is...
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Vernalee
- Sep 22, 2022
- 1 min
LET THEM GO
By Vernalee Today is s a day of reflection. Said simply and shortly. Sometimes - we have to let things go - plain and simple. Moving on...
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Vernalee
- Aug 12, 2022
- 1 min
DROP THAT ZERO. GET YOURSELF A HERO
By Vernalee Let's change the pace a bit. We've been serious all week. So let's navigate into deep water. Discussions about...
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Vernalee
- Aug 8, 2022
- 1 min
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY
Words, words, words! You have to think them before you say them. So guards your thoughts. Words can uplift you. They can also bring you...
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Vernalee
- Aug 5, 2022
- 1 min
THROWING IN THE TOWEL OF - OTHER PEOPLE’s PROBLEMS
By Vernalee Yes, that’s right! I’m throwing in the towel. I quit. I’m done! I cannot take it anymore! I've had enough! Alright, let me...
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Vernalee
- Aug 4, 2022
- 1 min
YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE IT DRINK
By Vernalee You can give advice, but you cannot make someone take it. Sometimes, it makes you upset; particularly when your advice can...
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Vernalee
- Aug 3, 2022
- 1 min
YOU AIN'T ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS
For the record, who told you that “you were all that and a bag of chips?” Was it your friends or did it come from your inflated ego?...
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Vernalee
- Aug 2, 2022
- 1 min
A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
By Vernalee When people wear behavioral disguises; it is difficult to recognize them or determine what’s real and what’s fake. Once the...
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Vernalee
- Jul 29, 2022
- 2 min
EXTENDING AN OLIVE BRANCH
By Vernalee To extend an olive branch is to make an “offer of peace or to approach a foe in the spirit of conciliation. Biblical in...
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Vernalee
- Jul 28, 2022
- 1 min
YOU MADE YOUR BED. NOW SLEEP IN IT.
By Vernalee If someone says “you've made your bed, now sleep in it, they are essentially telling you in an unsympathetic way that you...
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Vernalee
- Jul 26, 2022
- 1 min
DON'T JUST LET ANYBODY WALK THROUGH YOUR MIND
This quote – though plain and simple - could not have been said better! Protect your mind from unhealthy external influences! Don't...
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Vernalee
- Jul 23, 2022
- 1 min
FIGURING OUT LUKEWARM PEOPLE
By Vernalee Allow me to introduce you to a group of folks defined as “lukewarm” people. You know and see them as frequently as I. Those...
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Vernalee
- Jul 16, 2022
- 1 min
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
By Vernalee I have heard many people say, “I don’t need nobody! I can do everything for myself. I was born alone and will die alone!”...
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Vernalee
- Jul 13, 2022
- 1 min
DO YOU TEXT WHEN YOU SHOULD TALK?
Several years ago, I heard the comedian Sinbad make jokes about our cell phone usage. What an invention! “We use our cell phones for...
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Vernalee
- Jul 8, 2022
- 1 min
DO YOU STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD?
By Vernalee To be obvious or unusual form the basis for Standing Out From The Crowd. Our actions, behavior, leadership … determine where...
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Vernalee
- Jul 7, 2022
- 2 min
WHO ARE YOUR FRIENDS?
By Vernalee Crossing racial, gender, and socio-economics lines, I call a selected few my true friends. They are my friends not for how...
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Vernalee
- Jul 6, 2022
- 1 min
DON'T KICK PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE DOWN
By Vernalee When people are down or “hard on their luck,” they need to be helped/picked up; not kicked further downwards! Why kick...
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Vernalee
- Jul 5, 2022
- 2 min
FRIENDS OR ENEMIES - WHO SHOULD BE CLOSER?
By Vernalee It hit me like a ton of bricks. I would not in a million years have thought that the person in question could be that...
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Vernalee
- Jun 28, 2022
- 2 min
C'MON NOW. YOU KNEW THAT I WAS A SNAKE WHEN YOU PICKED ME UP
Being a prolific storyteller, allow me to tell you the story about the snake and his new found friend. You probably have heard it in some...
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Vernalee
- Jun 23, 2022
- 2 min
ARE YOU A GOOD FRIEND?
By Vernalee In 1984, hip hop group, Whodini had an amazing hit. It was called “Friends/How many of you have them?” The lyrics are quite...
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Vernalee
- Jun 22, 2022
- 1 min
3 TYPES OF PEOPLE
By Vernalee Generally speaking, there are Three Basic Types of People. Ironically, we are driven toward classifying everything. We...
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